# 2022–23 NK Osijek season

The 2022–23 NK Osijek season was the club's 109th season in existence and the 32nd consecutive season in the top flight of Croatian football. This was the last season Osijek played their matches on Gradski Vrt Stadium.

## Players

    As of 30 March 2023
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | CRO | Marin Leovac |
| 6 | MF | CRO | Darko Nejašmić |
| 7 | MF | CRO | Vedran Jugović |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Diego Barri |
| 10 | FW | CRO | Josip Špoljarić |
| 11 | MF | CRO | Mijo Caktaš |
| 13 | FW | ARG | Ramón Miérez |
| 14 | MF | CRO | Ivan Fiolić |
| 15 | GK | CRO | Marko Barešić |
| 16 | FW | MNE | Nikola Janjić |
| 17 | FW | CRO | Šime Gržan |
| 19 | MF | CRO | Mihael Žaper |
| 20 | DF | SVN | Mario Jurčević |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | MF | CRO | Petar Brlek |
| 24 | FW | CRO | Filip Živković |
| 25 | MF | MNE | Ognjen Bakić |
| 30 | FW | AUT | Mihret Topčagić |
| 31 | GK | CRO | Marko Malenica |
| 34 | DF | CRO | Ivan Cvijanović |
| 36 | MF | BIH | Nail Omerović |
| 37 | DF | BIH | Adrian Leon Barišić |
| 39 | DF | CRO | Domagoj Bukvić |
| 40 | MF | CRO | Dominik Babić |
| 44 | FW | CRO | Kristijan Lovrić |
| 98 | DF | UKR | Yevhen Cheberko |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| DF | Adrian Leon Barišić | Frosinone | Return from loan | 15 June 2022 |
| DF | José Antonio Caro | UCAM Murcia | Return from loan | 15 June 2022 |
| FW | Nikola Janjić | Sutjeska Nikšić | Free | 15 June 2022 |
| DF | Talys | Pafos FC | Return from loan | 15 June 2022 |
| FW | Dion Drena Beljo | Istra 1961 | Return from loan | 15 June 2022 |
| FW | Šime Gržan | Zalaegerszeg | Return from loan | 15 June 2022 |
| FW | Mirlind Daku | Mura | Return from loan | 15 June 2022 |
| FW | Josip Špoljarić | Zalaegerszeg | Return from loan | 15 June 2022 |
| DF | Luka Zebec | Belišće | Undisclosed | 7 July 2022 |
| FW | Vinko Petković | Istra 1961 | Recalled from loan | 13 December 2022 |

### Out

| Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| FW | Mirlind Daku | Mura | Loan | 20 June 2022 |
| FW | Damjan Bohar | Zagłębie Lubin | €250,000 | 21 June 2022 |
| FW | Vinko Petković | Istra 1961 | Loan | 5 July 2022 |
| DF | Talys | Slaven Belupo | Released | 18 July 2022 |
| DF | José Antonio Caro | Linares | Released | 22 July 2022 |
| MF | Merveil Ndockyt | Gorica | Released | 25 July 2022 |
| GK | Franko Kolić | Vukovar 1991 | Dual registration | 27 July 2022 |
| DF | Uwem Alexander | Vukovar 1991 | Dual registration | 27 July 2022 |
| DF | Luka Zebec | Vukovar 1991 | Dual registration | 27 July 2022 |
| DF | Alen Grgić | Rijeka | Free | 26 August 2022 |
| DF | Mato Miloš | Widzew Łódź | Undisclosed | 26 August 2022 |
| DF | Slavko Bralić | Gorica | Loan | 13 December 2022 |
| FW | Kristian Fućak | Gorica | Loan | 13 December 2022 |
| FW | Vinko Petković | Gorica | Loan | 13 December 2022 |
| MF | László Kleinheisler | Panathinaikos | €500,000 | 12 January 2023 |
| FW | Dion Drena Beljo | Augsburg | €3,000,000 | 13 January 2023 |
| DF | Karlo Bartolec | Puskás Akadémia | Undisclosed | 23 January 2023 |
| FW | Antonio Mance | Debrecen | Free | 23 January 2023 |
| MF | Amer Hiroš | Šibenik | Loan | 25 January 2023 |
| GK | Ivica Ivušić | Pafos | €2,000,000 | 26 January 2023 |
| DF | Luka Zebec | BSK Bijelo Brdo | Loan | 3 February 2023 |
| DF | Danijel Lončar | Pogoń Szczecin | €400,000 | 10 February 2023 |
| DF | Uwem Alexander | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | Loan | 16 February 2023 |
| DF | Mile Škorić | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | €200,000 | 30 March 2023 |
Total Spending: €0
Total Income: €6,350,000
Net Income: €6,350,000

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| SuperSport HNL | 16 July 2022 | 27 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 036.11 |
| Croatian Cup | 18 October 2022 | 1 March 2023 | First round | Quarter-finals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 066.67 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 21 July 2022 | 28 July 2022 | Second qualifying round | Second qualifying round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 53 | 47 | +6 | 039.02 |
Last updated: 28 May 2023 Source: Soccerway

### SuperSport HNL
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dinamo Zagreb (C) | 36 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 81 | 28 | +53 | 81 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Hajduk Split | 36 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 65 | 41 | +24 | 71 | Qualification to Europa Conference League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Osijek | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 50 | Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Rijeka | 36 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 49 | Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Istra 1961 | 36 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 46 | |
* ↑ Hajduk qualified for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round by winning the 2022–23 Croatian Football Cup.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 28 May 2023. Source: SuperSport HNL

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | L | D | L | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | L | D | L | L | D | L | D | D | L | D | L | W | W | D | L | W | D |
| Position | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches
### Friendlies
#### Pre-season
#### On-season (2023)
## Player seasonal records

Updated 28 May 2023

### Goals

| Rank | Name | League | Europe | Cup | Total |
| 1 | Ramón Miérez | 12 | – | – | 12 |
| 2 | Dion Drena Beljo | 8 | – | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | Mijo Caktaš | 8 | – | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | László Kleinheisler | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | Marin Leovac | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| 5 | Josip Špoljarić | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| 5 | Vedran Jugović | 1 | – | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Adrian Leon Barišić | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| 8 | Domagoj Bukvić | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| 8 | Šime Gržan | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| 8 | Darko Nejašmić | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| 8 | Mihael Žaper | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| 8 | Mihret Topčagić | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| 8 | Filip Živković | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | 46 | 2 | 5 | 53 |
Source: Competitive matches

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Name | League | Europe | Cup | Total |
| 1 | Marko Malenica | 6 | – | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Ivica Ivušić | 6 | – | – | 6 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | 12 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
Source: Competitive matches

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Player | HNL | HNL | HNL | Europe | Europe | Europe | Croatian Cup | Croatian Cup | Croatian Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Karlo Bartolec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Marin Leovac | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | László Kleinheisler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Darko Nejašmić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Vedran Jugović | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Diego Barri | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Dion Drena Beljo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Amer Hiroš | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Josip Špoljarić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Mijo Caktaš | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | Ramón Miérez | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Ivan Fiolić | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | GK | Marko Barešić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Šime Gržan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Mihael Žaper | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Mario Jurčević | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Mile Škorić | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Danijel Lončar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Petar Brlek | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Filip Živković | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Slavko Bralić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | Marko Malenica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | Nail Omerović | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | Adrian Leon Barišić | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | Domagoj Bukvić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | Kristijan Lovrić | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | FW | Antonio Mance | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 98 | DF | Yevhen Cheberko | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 73 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 82 | 0 | 3 |

### Appearances and goals

| Number | Position | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Number | Position | Player | Total | Total | HNL | HNL | Conference League | Conference League | Croatian Cup | Croatian Cup |
| 1 | GK | Ivica Ivušić | 19 | 0 | 17+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Karlo Bartolec | 10 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Marin Leovac | 23 | 2 | 19+2 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | László Kleinheisler | 20 | 8 | 14+2 | 6 | 2+0 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Darko Nejašmić | 30 | 1 | 23+4 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Vedran Jugović | 35 | 2 | 30+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Diego Barri | 12 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Dion Drena Beljo | 19 | 9 | 13+3 | 8 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | Amer Hiroš | 6 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Josip Špoljarić | 19 | 2 | 5+12 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Mijo Caktaš | 34 | 9 | 28+1 | 8 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | Ramón Miérez | 37 | 12 | 27+6 | 12 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Ivan Fiolić | 24 | 0 | 15+6 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | Nikola Janjić | 5 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Šime Gržan | 25 | 1 | 18+7 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Mihael Žaper | 32 | 1 | 26+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Mario Jurčević | 29 | 0 | 18+7 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Mile Škorić | 14 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Danijel Lončar | 12 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Petar Brlek | 12 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Filip Živković | 11 | 1 | 2+8 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 25 | MF | Ognjen Bakić | 14 | 0 | 1+12 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | Filip Mažar | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Slavko Bralić | 8 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Kristian Fućak | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | Mihret Topčagić | 10 | 1 | 2+6 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | Marko Malenica | 21 | 0 | 19+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | Ivan Cvijanović | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | Nail Omerović | 18 | 0 | 13+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | Adrian Leon Barišić | 29 | 1 | 26+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | Domagoj Bukvić | 10 | 1 | 8+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | Dominik Babić | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | Kristijan Lovrić | 22 | 0 | 11+8 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | Mato Miloš | 7 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 95 | FW | Antonio Mance | 10 | 0 | 0+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 98 | DF | Yevhen Cheberko | 23 | 0 | 18+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |